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A review by chandlerainsley
Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare
5.0
dedicating your horniest book to your husband is quite the power move, ms. dare
i'm reading all of tessa dare's backlist for a video i'm doing and to be honest, if it weren't for that video i would not have picked this book up. dare's most recent series, Girl Meets Duke, is one of my favorite historical series but her others... um. not so much. so i didn't have high hopes going into this, her first published novel.
but i was very pleasantly surprised. this book has an originality that a lot of her other books lack. that's not to shit on her writing, it just seems to me that a lot of her books have predictable plots and VERY similar character pairings (grumpy/sunshine, damaged hero/strong heroine, rake/nerd). this one not so much. our heroine is young and a little foolish with a LOT of spirit. and our hero is not quite a rake or too overwrought with damage. he's just a dude who's seen some shit.
i also appreciated that the plot didn't end at just a marriage proposal. i think that's quite common in a lot of modern (like 2010-present published) historicals and i am finding i really appreciate when characters get married and then actually have shit to deal with. which this one had. i really liked the deeper level of intimacy the characters gained beyond fleeting attraction and sex.
overall i really liked this. i think if you like dare's latest books this might not be a hit for you, but it really worked for me.
i'm reading all of tessa dare's backlist for a video i'm doing and to be honest, if it weren't for that video i would not have picked this book up. dare's most recent series, Girl Meets Duke, is one of my favorite historical series but her others... um. not so much. so i didn't have high hopes going into this, her first published novel.
but i was very pleasantly surprised. this book has an originality that a lot of her other books lack. that's not to shit on her writing, it just seems to me that a lot of her books have predictable plots and VERY similar character pairings (grumpy/sunshine, damaged hero/strong heroine, rake/nerd). this one not so much. our heroine is young and a little foolish with a LOT of spirit. and our hero is not quite a rake or too overwrought with damage. he's just a dude who's seen some shit.
i also appreciated that the plot didn't end at just a marriage proposal. i think that's quite common in a lot of modern (like 2010-present published) historicals and i am finding i really appreciate when characters get married and then actually have shit to deal with. which this one had. i really liked the deeper level of intimacy the characters gained beyond fleeting attraction and sex.
overall i really liked this. i think if you like dare's latest books this might not be a hit for you, but it really worked for me.